most runs given up by a pitcher in a season since 1970

Since 1970, Phil Niekro and Wilbur Wood are tied for allowing the most runs in a season, with 166 runs.

	NAME	R	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	166	1977	ATL	44	16	20	.444	43	4.03	262	20	2	0	330.1	315	148	26	164	8	1	12	1,428	17	7.14	4.47	1.60	0.71	18.3	11.5	1.45	.299	4.52	95	3.73	88	8.58	18.1
2	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	166	1973	CWS	49	24	20	.545	48	3.46	199	21	4	0	359.1	381	138	25	91	7	1	3	1,531	7	4.98	2.28	2.19	0.63	13.0	5.9	1.31	.294	4.16	89	3.17	82	9.54	27.9
3	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	160	1998	COL	35	13	14	.481	34	6.23	170	0	0	0	209.1	245	145	39	74	17	0	0	938	2	7.31	3.18	2.30	1.68	18.1	7.9	1.52	.323	6.88	119	5.23	110	10.53	-8.7
4	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	160	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	44	3.39	208	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
5	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	160	1974	DET	41	14	12	.538	41	4.32	177	11	2	0	285.2	272	137	30	158	12	0	13	1,262	13	5.58	4.98	1.12	0.95	14.0	12.5	1.51	.273	5.04	114	4.48	120	8.57	-22.6
6	Charlie Hough C. Hough	159	1987	TEX	40	18	13	.581	40	3.79	223	13	0	0	285.1	238	120	36	124	19	0	1	1,231	12	7.03	3.91	1.80	1.14	18.1	10.1	1.27	.244	5.02	83	4.44	99	7.51	2.1
7	Jaime Navarro J. Navarro	155	1997	CWS	33	9	14	.391	33	5.79	142	2	0	0	209.2	267	135	22	73	3	0	6	957	14	6.10	3.13	1.95	0.94	14.8	7.6	1.62	.342	6.65	131	4.20	95	11.46	5.5
8	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	155	1974	DET	41	16	21	.432	41	4.15	202	27	3	0	308.0	310	142	38	78	3	0	11	1,263	10	5.90	2.28	2.59	1.11	16.0	6.2	1.26	.289	4.53	109	3.65	98	9.06	3.2
9	Jose Lima J. Lima	152	2000	HOU	33	7	16	.304	33	6.65	124	0	0	0	196.1	251	145	48	68	2	0	3	895	3	5.68	3.12	1.82	2.20	13.9	7.6	1.62	.311	6.97	138	6.11	129	11.51	-29.2
10	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	151	1996	BOS	32	14	13	.519	32	5.14	140	6	0	0	211.2	238	121	38	90	12	0	0	963	4	5.95	3.83	1.56	1.62	14.5	9.3	1.55	.293	6.42	101	5.62	116	10.12	-18.1
11	Darryl Kile D. Kile	150	1999	COL	32	8	13	.381	32	6.61	116	1	0	0	190.2	225	140	33	109	6	0	5	888	13	5.48	5.15	1.06	1.56	13.1	12.3	1.75	.308	7.08	119	5.97	117	10.62	-16.2
12	Dick Tidrow D. Tidrow	150	1973	CLE	42	14	16	.467	40	4.42	138	13	2	0	274.2	289	135	31	95	8	2	10	1,194	6	4.52	3.11	1.45	1.02	11.6	8.0	1.40	.280	4.92	114	4.15	107	9.47	-7.8
13	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	148	1975	CWS	43	16	20	.444	43	4.11	140	14	2	0	291.1	309	133	26	92	5	0	5	1,245	6	4.32	2.84	1.52	0.80	11.2	7.4	1.38	.288	4.57	107	3.77	100	9.55	-0.3
14	Brian Bohanon B. Bohanon	146	1999	COL	33	12	12	.500	33	6.20	120	3	1	0	197.1	236	136	30	92	14	0	1	903	6	5.47	4.20	1.30	1.37	13.3	10.2	1.66	.318	6.66	111	5.49	108	10.76	-7.4
15	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	146	1974	TEX	41	19	19	.500	41	4.74	149	11	5	0	264.0	255	139	25	113	9	0	4	1,134	11	5.08	3.85	1.32	0.85	13.1	10.0	1.39	.274	4.98	132	4.06	114	8.69	-15.5
16	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	146	1973	PHI	40	13	20	.394	40	3.90	223	18	3	0	293.1	293	127	29	113	3	0	12	1,262	7	6.84	3.47	1.97	0.89	17.7	9.0	1.38	.295	4.48	103	3.51	93	8.99	9.3
17	Mike Moore M. Moore	145	1987	SEA	33	9	19	.321	33	4.71	115	12	0	0	231.0	268	121	29	84	0	0	3	1,020	4	4.48	3.27	1.37	1.13	11.3	8.2	1.52	.302	5.65	103	4.59	98	10.44	2.9
18	Jack Morris J. Morris	144	1990	DET	36	15	18	.455	36	4.51	162	11	3	0	249.2	231	125	26	97	6	0	13	1,073	16	5.84	3.50	1.67	0.94	15.1	9.0	1.31	.262	5.19	115	4.09	102	8.33	-1.5
19	Matt Keough M. Keough	144	1982	OAK	34	11	18	.379	34	5.72	75	10	2	0	209.1	233	133	38	101	5	0	1	946	10	3.22	4.34	0.74	1.63	7.9	10.7	1.60	.268	6.19	148	5.87	145	10.02	-42.6
20	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	144	1979	BOS	36	16	13	.552	36	4.49	125	12	1	0	252.1	254	126	20	121	5	0	8	1,109	6	4.46	4.32	1.03	0.71	11.3	10.9	1.49	.279	5.14	100	4.26	99	9.06	1.8
21	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	143	2001	SFG	34	13	15	.464	34	5.24	138	2	0	0	226.2	266	132	24	85	3	0	7	1,008	7	5.48	3.38	1.62	0.95	13.7	8.4	1.55	.319	5.68	125	4.37	104	10.56	-5.5
22	Jamey Wright J. Wright	143	1998	COL	34	9	14	.391	34	5.67	86	1	0	0	206.1	235	130	24	95	11	0	3	919	6	3.75	4.14	0.91	1.05	9.4	10.3	1.60	.300	6.24	108	5.35	112	10.25	-11
23	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	143	1996	BOS	34	12	9	.571	34	5.59	171	4	1	0	215.2	249	134	28	105	4	0	5	998	6	7.14	4.38	1.63	1.17	17.1	10.5	1.64	.320	5.97	110	4.78	98	10.39	1.9
24	Erik Hanson E. Hanson	143	1996	TOR	35	13	17	.433	35	5.41	156	4	1	0	214.2	243	129	26	102	2	0	2	955	13	6.54	4.28	1.53	1.09	16.3	10.7	1.61	.324	6.00	109	4.74	96	10.19	4.2
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	143	1979	SFG	34	14	14	.500	34	5.01	138	10	0	0	237.0	246	132	23	111	1	0	11	1,041	8	5.24	4.22	1.24	0.87	13.3	10.7	1.51	.290	5.43	139	4.23	117	9.34	-17.5